The fiscal consequences of trends in population health

National Tax Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-330

  Goldman, Dana ^a   Michaud, Pierre Carl ^b   Lakdawalla, Darius ^a   Zheng, Yuhui ^b   Gailey, Adam ^b   Vaynman, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Health care costs; Microsimulation; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960243208     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2010.2.07     Document Type: Article

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